PROCESS TO ENABLE SOLUTION ACQUISITION WITH SaaS MODEL

ABSTRACT

A method is described for allowing solution acquisition on the basis of the SaaS model by potential customers, the paperless solution management software aiming at introducing a unit counter of transactions executed, allowing the cost of each transaction to be quantified and billed, instead of a cash payment for use licenses.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This certificate of addition describes a process to enable theacquisition solution with SaaS model by potential customers, themanaging software of paperless solution, aiming to insert a unit counterof transactions effected in order to be able to quantify the price costof each transaction, and not by cash payment of use licenses anymore.

BACKGROUND

Saas: Software as a service. English Software as a service (SaaS), is aform of distribution and marketing of software. In the SaaS model thesoftware provider is responsible for all the necessary structure for thedelivery of the system (servers, connectivity, attention to informationsecurity) and the client uses the software via internet, paying a fee ofthe service offered.

SaaS BENEFITS

Compared to the traditional model of distribution of software products(in which the customer buys the use license and is responsible forestablishing and maintaining production) we can highlight the followingadvantages of the Saas model for customers:

It does not require the client to create a structure and enableprofessionals to keep the system running, allowing it to focus on yourbusiness.

The SaaS allows a gradual approach to implementation, and can start witha few licenses and expand as have a positive return on investments whilereducing risk and time to return on investments. It allows you toincrease or decrease the licenses over time, according to businessneeds.

The deployment of SaaS can be made with little dependence on TI teams ofthe company, not competing priority with other systems and can reducedeployment times.

The following charging models in SaaS are common:

-   -   Recurrent value (usually monthly) proportional to the number of        used licenses.    -   Recurrent value (usually monthly) proportional to the use        (example: email marketing release).    -   Advertising (banners).    -   Freemium—with free and paid versions according to the features        available.    -   Note a big difference in all cases of the traditional model is        the low initial outlay and paid over time by the use of the        product.

Sustainability is the ability to sustain or support one or moreconditions, displayed by something or someone. It is a characteristic orcondition of a process or a system that allows their stay, at a certainlevel for a certain period.

This concept has become a principle according to which the use ofnatural resources to satisfy present needs can not commit to meeting theneeds of future generations, and that needed the bond of sustainabilityin the long term a “long term” of indefinite term in principle.

Sustainability can also be defined as the ability of human being tointeract with the world, preserving the environment not to compromisethe natural resources of future generations.

In order to preserve the environment not to compromise the naturalresources for future generations, it was conceived the PROCESS OFEXTINCTION OF PAPER IN TRANSACTIONS ORIGINATED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGHTHE BIOMETRICS HANDWRITTEN WITH VALID LEGAL VALIDITY NAMED SOLUTIONFORMALIZE PAPERLESS, object of Invention of the patent BR102012032451-2,filed on Dec. 19, 2012.

In the SaaS model, the software used by customers are paid according tothe used amount of transactions, with little initial investment, thisenabling any biometrics paperless project.

In practice, the object of this addition certificate allows customers toacquire the paperless solution in the same way they rent a car withouthaving to pay a daily, that is, only pay for the kilometers rotated.(SaaS)

In the traditional model, the form of acquisition is use license, thesoftware and biometric hardware can only be sold with payment in cash,and a very high initial investment for the customer, making unviableprojects.

The acquisition form of the process object of this addition Saas is asoftware as a service, that is, in the biometrics software the customeronly pays what he uses, in the biometrics hardware the customer can setthe payment in installments, being a very low investment, making itpossible the deployment of any projects.

Having described and illustrated this addition, it is to be understoodthat it can undergo numerous modifications and variations in itsembodiment, provided that such modifications and variations do notdepart from its spirit and scope, such as defined in the set of claims.

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